DeWitt came to Azul in late 2002, in time to close its first round of venture financing.
For that, Sifteo obtained a government grant and two rounds of venture financing.
He believes that if Starnet had taken the venture financing in 2000, it probably would not have survived the dot-com bust.
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And he decided that Spongecell should try to finance itself through customer profits (what I view as the best form of venture financing).
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This marks the beginning of commercial production for Skyline, which was founded in 2007 and has raised venture financing from investors including New Enterprise Associates.
They expect a Series A round of venture financing in September.
Back in 1997 when Rottenberg launched Endeavor in Argentina and Chile where she had been working on venture financing and social entrepreneurship, no one celebrated emerging market entrepreneurs.
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She fashioned her own compensation plan: In lieu of a paycheck, Tix would give her a written promise to pay her if and when venture financing came through.
The pain was spread across almost every industry, with software being one of only two industries of the 17 tracked to experience growth in 2012 (albeit the largest industry receiving 31% of venture financing).
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Congratulations to energy entrepreneur and PITCH 2012 speaker Danielle Fong for closing the Series D round of venture financing for her Berkeley-based startup (working out of the former Scharffen Berger chocolate factory) to pursue a solution to the energy storage problem with compressed air.
It has already dried up venture capital financing for new drug and medical device startups.
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Invests in publicly traded companies when they emerge from venture capital financing.
According to Dow Jones Venture Source, of the companies that received a round of venture capital financing in 2010, only 6% had a female CEO, and just 7% percent had at least one female founder.
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Henriquez is a 25-year veteran of the venture capital and financing community.
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Lassiter's client, who was outgoing and enthusiastic, felt so stymied that he quit after a year to start his own energy financing venture.
And they're scheming to keep the taxman at bay earlier, long in advance of their initial public offerings, even at the venture-capital financing stage.
Bessemer Venture Partners led the financing with return investors Accel Partners and Index Ventures.
Most heart-arresting are bridge loans, which carry a company to an imminent financing eventa venture round, an initial public offering or an acquisition.
Each interview focused on varying aspects of our venture: revenue model, financing, measuring social impact, team credentials and more.
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Orix, which listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1998 and whose shareholder base is more than 50% outside Japan, also operates in investment banking, life insurance, venture capital and in the financing of real-estate development.
Perhaps leading venture-capital firms will return to financing baby start-ups, which they long ago abandoned.
If it seems worth pursuing, she will usually look for financing from angel investors or venture capitalists.
In 2010, women made up over 30% of the tech workforce, yet gained only 11% of angel financing and 6% of venture funding.
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Financing for women in startups, particularly in technology continues to lag with less than 11% angel financing and 6% of venture funding going to women owned and founded startups, notwithstanding their demonstrated successes.
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Stangler estimates that between 1% and 3% of the financing for start-ups comes from venture capital firms.
But not every company is suited for venture, and even if yours is, other financing options might be better for your company in the long run.
CropDesign, a Belgian plant genetics company, has secured private financing by appealing to the handful of venture capitalists with enough experience of agricultural biotechnology not to be rattled.
For financing there is the Small Business Administration, venture capitalists, angle investors, grants and more.
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